Category Archives: Politics



Don’t Worry! Be Happy!

The media, of course, lead with fire, blood—
We’re shown a dizzy world, spiraling, doomed
By hate, by gods, by greed—torrents that flood,
Submerge philosophy—we drown, consumed.
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Posted in Inspiration, Pain, Politics, War, Wisdom

Tears

I am, famously, a melancholic,
But this past week has been so brutal, seared
With tragedies that leap, hop, and frolic,
I found myself, three times, beset with tears.
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Posted in Death, Pain, Politics, Today's News, War, Wisdom

War Words

Skirmish, assault, attack, war—
These genteel terms won’t do.
They’re names for children’s games,
Etymologically pale:
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Posted in Death, Pain, Politics, War

Agitation

Neurobiology, doubtless, maintains
Strange modalities manipulating
Brains—sound and sight and worry, produce strains,
Synapse sparks, ebbs and snarling flows freighting
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Posted in Politics, Today's News, War, Wisdom

Tumult

March, Twenty-eleven
And the guys down at the paddle tennis courts
Ask, “Marv, what’s goin’ on?”

For nine years now
We’ve fought in Iraq,
Afghanistan.
Africa boils, as Egypt,
Libya, Ivory Coast
Revolt. Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Religion, Today's News, War

The Way Things Are

It starts in the third grade when that bully,
Fear-weaponed, extorts the pocket pittance—
My lunch money—at recess. Thus, fully,
He dominates the yard; we glance askance. Continue reading →

Posted in Greed, Politics